Last Updated: 10-28-2025

Introduction

Welcome to sunflowersaftersuicide.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website sunflowersaftersuicide.com.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

Medical Disclaimer and Site Purpose

IMPORTANT: This site is not intended to provide treatment, medical advice, or mental health services.

The content on this website addresses the concept of healing after a suicide loss and is provided for informational and educational purposes only. This site does not provide advice of any kind. The contents are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Always seek the advice of your physician, mental health professional, or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website.

If you are in crisis or experiencing thoughts of suicide, please contact:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 (call or text)
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
Emergency Services: Call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room

The sharing of personal experiences and information on this site does not constitute a therapeutic relationship. We are not mental health professionals, and nothing on this site should be construed as professional counseling or therapy.

Information We Collect

Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

Subscribe to our newsletter
Leave comments on our blog posts
Contact us via email or contact forms
Register for an account

This information may include:

Name
Email address
Any other information you choose to provide

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

IP address
Browser type
Operating system
Referring URLs
Pages viewed and time spent on pages
Dates and times of visits

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Deliver and improve our content and services
Send you newsletters and updates (if you’ve subscribed)
Respond to your comments and inquiries
Monitor and analyze usage and trends
Detect and prevent fraud or abuse
Comply with legal obligations

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

User-Generated Content and License Grant

Content You Submit

When you post, upload, submit, or otherwise provide any content to sunflowersaftersuicide.com (including but not limited to comments, stories, testimonials, images, videos, text, or other materials), you understand and agree to the following terms:

License Grant to Us

By submitting content to our website, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable, and transferable license to:

Use, reproduce, distribute, and display your content on this website and other platforms
Modify, adapt, edit, translate, and create derivative works from your content
Publish your content in different formats and media (including print, digital, audio, or video)
Incorporate your content into compilations, anthologies, or other creative works
Repurpose your content for promotional materials, social media, newsletters, or related projects
Share your content with third parties for purposes that support our mission and educational goals

Why We Need This License

This license allows us to:

Edit submissions for clarity, length, grammar, or appropriateness while maintaining your core message
Combine multiple user stories or experiences into unified narratives or resources
Create educational materials, guides, or resources based on community submissions
Share healing stories and experiences across different platforms to reach those who need support
Develop compilations or collections of community wisdom and experiences
Adapt content for accessibility purposes (such as audio versions or translations)

Your Rights and Representations

You Retain Ownership: You retain all ownership rights to your content. This license does not transfer ownership to us.

Perpetual License: This license continues even if you delete your content, close your account, or stop using our website. This is necessary because your content may already be incorporated into materials we’ve created or shared.

Your Warranties: By submitting content, you represent and warrant that:

You own or have the necessary rights to grant this license
Your content does not infringe on any third-party intellectual property, privacy, or other rights
Your content does not violate any applicable laws
You have obtained any necessary permissions or releases from individuals featured in your content

Content We May Edit or Remove

While we appreciate all contributions, we reserve the right to:

Edit content for clarity, grammar, length, or to remove identifying information for privacy protection
Decline to publish or remove content that is inappropriate, harmful, off-topic, or violates our community standards
Moderate or remove content that contains personal identifying information that could compromise someone’s privacy or safety

Attribution

We will make reasonable efforts to attribute content to you when practical and appropriate. However, you understand that:

Attribution may not always be possible in compiled or derivative works
We may use pseudonyms or anonymous attribution to protect privacy
Some formats or contexts may not permit individual attribution

Sensitive Personal Information

Important Consideration: Given the sensitive nature of our community, please carefully consider what you share. Once you grant us this license, we have the right to use your content as described above. If you have concerns about privacy:

Consider using a pseudonym or remaining anonymous
Avoid sharing identifying details about yourself or others
Remember that shared content may be seen and used beyond our immediate website

Questions About Content Rights

If you have questions about how your content may be used, or if you have special circumstances you’d like to discuss before submitting content, please contact us at sunflowersaftersuicide.com before posting.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Types of Cookies We Use:

Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly
Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our site
Advertising Cookies: May be used to deliver relevant advertisements

Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services that collect, monitor, and analyze data. These may include:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous information. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Comment Systems

If we use a third-party comment system (such as Disqus), they may collect information according to their own privacy policies.

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Email Marketing

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use email marketing services (such as Mailchimp or ConvertKit) that have their own privacy policies.

Advertising

We may display advertisements from third-party advertising networks that use cookies to serve personalized ads based on your browsing activity.

Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information
Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
Opt-Out: Unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time

To exercise these rights, please contact us at sunflowers after suicide.com.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

Right to know what personal information is collected
Right to know whether personal information is sold or disclosed
Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information
Right to deletion of personal information
Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Email: healing@sunflowersaftersuicide.com
Website: sunflowersaftersuicide.com

GDPR Compliance (If Applicable to EU Visitors)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

Right to data portability
Right to object to processing
Right to withdraw consent at any time
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Our legal basis for processing your personal information includes:

Consent (when you opt-in to communications)
Legitimate interests (to operate and improve our website)
Legal obligations (to comply with applicable laws)

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